Body system
Kawasaki disease on Black skin
Key cue: Fever ≥ 5 days in a child + red/cracked lips + 'strawberry tongue' + peeling fingertips, colour changes are subtler on Black skin but the mucosal and conjunctival findings are not.
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Key cue: Visual assessment is unreliable on Black newborns. Check the sclerae and hard palate, and ask for transcutaneous bilirubin measurement at every well-baby visit in the first week.
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